William Cumming Rose

William Cumming Rose
Born	April 4, 1887 Greenville, South Carolina
Died	September 25, 1985 (1985-09-26) (aged 98) Urbana, Illinois
Nationality	United States
Fields	nutritionist
Alma mater	Yale University
Known for	essential amino acid threonine
Notable awards	National Medal of Science in 1966

William Cumming Rose (April 4, 1887 – September 25, 1985) was an American nutritionist whose research in the 1930s discovered the essential amino acid threonine.

He graduated with a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1911. Rose served in several academic posts before accepting a position at the University of Texas Galveston Medical School to organize a department of biochemistry. In 1922, he went to the University of Illinois as professor of physiological chemistry, a title which was changed to professor of biochemistry in 1936. From 1922 to 1955 he transformed his department into a center of excellence for the training of biochemists. He retired from the University of Illinois in 1955.

Awards and honors

• 1936 - Became a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences
• 1939 to 1941 - President of the American Society of Biological Chemists
• 1945 to 1946 - President of the American Institute of Nutrition
• 1949 - Osborne and Mendel Award of the American Institute of Nutrition
• 1952 - Honorary Doctor of Sciences Degree from the University of Illinois
• 1952 - Willard Gibbs Medal of the American Chemical Society
• 1957 - Charles F. Spencer Medal of the American Chemical Society
• 1961 - Twentieth Anniversary Award of the Nutrition Foundation
• 1966 - Received National Medal of Science

External links

• Biographical Memoirs
• William Cumming Rose and Amino Acids (1887-1985)
• William C. Rose Papers, University of Illinois Archives